MEGALOBLASTIC ANAEMIA PRESENTING AS PYREXIA-AN INTERESTING CASE REPORT
Megaloblastic anemia is a rare cause of pyrexia. We report the case of a patient who presented with fever, anemia and thrombocytopenia. After ruling out infective, inflammatory and endocrine causes and correlating with vitamin B12 and folic acid levels, the cause was attributed to megaloblastic anem...
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| author | Deepak Jain Promil Jain Hari krishan Aggarwal |
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| description | Megaloblastic anemia is a rare cause of pyrexia. We report the case of a patient who presented with fever, anemia and thrombocytopenia. After ruling out infective, inflammatory and endocrine causes and correlating with vitamin B12 and folic acid levels, the cause was attributed to megaloblastic anemia. The patient responded well to the treatment with vitamin B12 and folic acid supplementation. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bbfb6c00e77b4a42bb3f70e224505b6c2025-01-02T10:41:42ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062014-08-011MEGALOBLASTIC ANAEMIA PRESENTING AS PYREXIA-AN INTERESTING CASE REPORTDeepak Jain0Promil Jain1Hari krishan Aggarwal2Pt BDS University of Health Sciences Rohtak (Haryana) 124001 INDIAPt BDS University of Health Sciences Rohtak (Haryana) 124001INDIAPt BDS University of Health Sciences Rohtak (Haryana) 124001INDIAMegaloblastic anemia is a rare cause of pyrexia. We report the case of a patient who presented with fever, anemia and thrombocytopenia. After ruling out infective, inflammatory and endocrine causes and correlating with vitamin B12 and folic acid levels, the cause was attributed to megaloblastic anemia. The patient responded well to the treatment with vitamin B12 and folic acid supplementation.https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1834Megaloblastic anemiaPyrexiaVitamin B12Folic acid |
| spellingShingle | Deepak Jain Promil Jain Hari krishan Aggarwal MEGALOBLASTIC ANAEMIA PRESENTING AS PYREXIA-AN INTERESTING CASE REPORT Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases Megaloblastic anemia Pyrexia Vitamin B12 Folic acid |
| title | MEGALOBLASTIC ANAEMIA PRESENTING AS PYREXIA-AN INTERESTING CASE REPORT |
| title_full | MEGALOBLASTIC ANAEMIA PRESENTING AS PYREXIA-AN INTERESTING CASE REPORT |
| title_fullStr | MEGALOBLASTIC ANAEMIA PRESENTING AS PYREXIA-AN INTERESTING CASE REPORT |
| title_full_unstemmed | MEGALOBLASTIC ANAEMIA PRESENTING AS PYREXIA-AN INTERESTING CASE REPORT |
| title_short | MEGALOBLASTIC ANAEMIA PRESENTING AS PYREXIA-AN INTERESTING CASE REPORT |
| title_sort | megaloblastic anaemia presenting as pyrexia an interesting case report |
| topic | Megaloblastic anemia Pyrexia Vitamin B12 Folic acid |
| url | https://mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/1834 |
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